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The IRS is not taking chances this year: The tax man has 60 shotguns on order
Wednesday, Feb 03, 2010, 04:07PM CST
By Trent Seibert

I know what you're thinking. Did I audit you six times or only five? I guess it comes down to this, "Do you feel lucky, taxpayer?"

Enough of me channeling Dirty Harry. The buzz all day today has been the order the IRS has put in for sixty 12 gauge pump-action shotguns for its Criminal Investigation Division.

We saw it first at the Government Bytes blog, but here there are some other details at:

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Comments
Rorschach
Wednesday, 02/03/2010 - 07:36PM

Trent, you'll note that the shotguns they are ordering are custom made with 14" barrels which are 4" shorter than are legal to own in the US per federal law.

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